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Harold L D. Patient Expert

Fredericton, Maine
I am the father of two boys one of whom is 12 diagnosed with Autistic Disorder and assessed with profound developmental delays.
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Conor's Autism Reality: From Joy To Self Injurious Behavior In A Flash by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I have never accepted, and have in fact been openly contemptuous of, the view that autism is a joy, an alternative, even superior way of thinking.   My son's autis ... Read on »
Walking With Conor After IMFAR Autism Research Convention by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum IMFAR was quite an experience.  Very intense. Learned lots, saw lots and met some interesting people. Spent a lot more time indoors then I usually would at this ti ... Read on »
Ritvo Swedo DSM5 Autism Shootout At The IMFAR Corral by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Edward Ritvo-Susan Swedo Shootout at  the IMFAR Corral, Sheraton, Toronto Photo by Harold L Doherty, May 18, 2012 Dr. Susan Swedo of the DSM5 autism committ ... Read on »
DSM5 Autism Day At IMFAR 2012: Swedo Confirms Some Intellectually Disabled Will Be Excluded from... by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Today was DSM5 Autism Do-Over Day at IMFAR 2012.  Dr. Susan Swedo, head of the DSM5 committee that drafted the DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder, spoke twice today, o ... Read on »
Intellectual Disability At IMFAR: Underdiagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Persons with... by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum It comes as no surprise but very little is said  about Intellectual Disability at the IMFAR 2012 autism research convention oral presentations.  Prominent autism experts, ... Read on »
IMFAR 2012 Preconference Highlights: Oxytocin, IPADs and the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Yesterday was a busy day at the IMFAR 2012 Preconference sessions. Although described as a Preconference the days events were packed with information and persons in attend ... Read on »
Autism Reality NB at IMFAR 2012 in Toronto, Canada by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I am off tomorrow morning, very early tomorrow morning, for the IMFAR 2012 convention in Toronto.  I am very excited to be attending and blogging courtesy of Autis ... Read on »
No Nature-Deficit Disorder For Conor In Fredericton,The Green City by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Conor enjoying some time at the Saint John River All photos were taken within a short walking distance from our home in Fredericton, New Brunswick The Green Ci ... Read on »
Shocking WebMD Medscape Autism Article by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum WebMD Medscape has published a shocking autism article in which it .... acknowledges the existence of large numbers of persons with Autistic Disorder and .... In ... Read on »
DSM5's Most Fundamental Flaw? Combining The Autism Disorders Into One Disorder by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Autism Advocate Ari Ne'eman Speaking At the National Press Club My  son's severe Autistic Disorder is not the same  autism disorder as Mr. Ne'em ... Read on »
Strategic Research of Environmental Causes of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum In A Research Strategy to Discover the Environmental Causes of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities , an editorial in the current issue of Environmental He ... Read on »
Adults with Severe Autism Disorders: Do Canadians Give a Damn? by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Taylor McNee, photo from CTV In Ontario the family of 18 year old Taylor McNee is fighting for a place for him to live.  The CTV ,  to its credit, is coveri ... Read on »
Simple Solutions Will Not Help New Brunswick Students with Autistic Disorder and Other Complex... by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum New Brunswick's Gordon Porter and his associates with the NB Association for Community Living are now in charge of New Brunswick's inclusive education system.  Th ... Read on »
Learning Disabilities Associations (Canada, Ontario) Do Not Support the Porter/NBACL Full... by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum During the MacKay Inclusion Review the Autism Society of New Brunswick opposed the full or extreme inclusion model which Gordon Porter and the NBACL is now ... Read on »
Autism Education in the Era of the NBACL Inclusion Government by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Premier Alward of New Brunswick acknowledges IRIS’ ‘Policy  Making  for Inclusion – Leadership Development Program’ The New Brunswick Association of Commu ... Read on »
CBC: Autism advocate questions 'extreme' inclusion model by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The caption below the picture of me and Conor is from the CBC web site article Autism advocate questions 'extreme' inclusion model . "A high-profile autism ... Read on »
Autism and Extreme Inclusion: I Challenge You Gordon Porter To A Public Debate Of Your Extreme... by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Evidence Extreme Inclusion Advocates Ignore Dr. Gordon Porter was one of the members of NB Premier David Alward's post election transition team of special advisers. ... Read on »
We Are Fine Enough: A Mother's Story of Her Son and His Severe Autism Realities by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum We Are Fine Enough , the video embedded below, is a moving and honest account of Charlie and his severe autism and cognitive impairment.  The story is told through the narr ... Read on »
OOLAID: Conor's Autism Challenges, Sense of Humor and Progress by Harold L D. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum I was doing some work at home the other day and was looking for a notebook to record some information.  I found the one pictured above with the word OOLAID in Conor's ... Read on »